Evansville 2, at Mississippi 7

OXFORD, Miss. (Interstat) — Hudson Calhoun struck out nine over four dominant innings of relief, and the Mississippi Rebels used a 15-hit attack to pull away from the Evansville Purple Aces 7-2 in the first game of a doubleheader on Friday. The Rebels (13-2) overcame an early two-run deficit, with Judd Utermark and Tate Sirmans providing home runs, before Calhoun entered and stifled any chance of an Evansville comeback. The Purple Aces fell to 3-9. Evansville’s Reid Haire and Ximi Baftiri hit back-to-back solo home runs in the top of the second inning off Mississippi starter Hunter Elliott, staking the… Read more...